*All lectures and events are free unless otherwise noted.
ROMEO AND JULIET BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE- This guy falls for this girl, and she falls for him. There's trouble between their cliques, but they get it on anyway. It gets worse. Sex, street fights, secret potions and a not-too-happy ending. William Shakespeare's timeless classic has it all. 5 p.m., Sunday, April 27; 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 29; 8 p.m., Friday, May 2; 2 p.m., Saturday, May 3. Evert B. Person Theatre. $15 general, $12 faculty/alumni/staff, $8 seniors/students, SSU students free. (707) 664-2353.
SHAKESPEARE'S ITALY: ROMEO AND JULIET IN CONTEXT - A pre-show talk by William Babula, professor of English and Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, will focus on Romeo and Juliet but also take us through the various plays set in Italy and the artistic and political reasons why Shakespeare chose a country he probably never visited as the setting for plays as diverse as Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. 1 p.m., Saturday, May 3. Evert B. Person Theatre. Matinee performance of Romeo and Juliet follows at 2 p.m.
FABRICATION AND STUDIES OF MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES - Dr. Hongtao Shi discusses the fabrication of macroscopic masks with nanometer-scaled pores by anodization of aluminum. 4 p.m., Monday, April 28. Darwin 103. http://phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/
SOCIOLOGY OF RESISTANCE - Myrna Goodman, Sociology, presents a lecture in part of the 25th annual Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 29. Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4296.
REELS OF RESISTENCE: FILM AS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM - T. Kebo Drew will discuss how her organization counters the lack of representative images for queer women of color in traditional media by making film accessible as an art form for creative expression and an activist tool for social justice. Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, April 29. Carson 68, (707) 664-2574.
BENDING BORDERS AND BODIES: FOREIGN CITIZENS IN MEXICO - Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp, History, explores who determines Mexican citizenship-the government, the people, the immigrants themselves? Are there historical moments when citizenship changes? How do categories of personhood evolve over time? What is the difference between obtaining Mexican nationality and Mexican citizenship? Social Science Brown Bag Series. Noon - 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 29. Stevenson 2011. (707) 664-2278.
IRON-POOR PLANKTON- Dr.Graham Peers, UC Berkeley, presents "How Plankton Survive in an Iron-Poor Ocean." Biology Colloquium. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, April 29. Darwin 103, (707) 664-2189.
WHAT DO STUDENTS LEARN IN STATISTICS - Brian Jerskey, Dean of Science at Saint Mary's College, discusses research on what students bring to the typical undergraduate introductory statistics class and what they take away from it. This talk reviews the research and shows how the results might inform our teaching of the subject. Math Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 30. Darwin 103, (707) 664-2368.
WEST SIDE STORY - West Side Story slams with the most dynamic music-story-dance ever created for the stage. Presented by Quantum Opera Theatre. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 30. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 1. 8 p.m., Saturday, May 3. Evert B. Person Theatre. $15 General, $12 Faculty/Alumni/Staff, $8 Seniors/Students, SSU Students free. (707) 664-2353.
NEW TRAINING METHODS FOR NEURAL NETWORKS - V. Scott Gordon, California State University, Sacramento, presents research into new neural network training methods such as particle swarm optimization (PSO) and neighbor annealing, combined with a divide-and-conquer approach, which may enable neural networks to solve even larger problems. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, May 1. Darwin 102, (707) 664-2667.
SSU CLASSICAL GUITAR ENSEMBLE - Eric Cabalo, director. Noon, Thursday, May 1. Ives 119, (707)-664-2791.
PREDATION AND ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIOR - Karin Enstam, Anthropology, presents a lecture on predation and anti-predator behavior in Old World monkeys and the effects of habitat structure on perceived risk of predation and anti-predator behavior as exemplified by vervet and patas monkeys. Brown Bag Series. Noon - 1 p.m., Friday, May 2. Stevenson 2011.
JOHNN SEBASTIAN BACH’S MASS IN B MINOR - Bach's sacred magnum opus glorifies both voice and instrument, as the orchestra wings the listener to heaven with brilliant harmonies and depth of sound. Presented by the Sonoma County Choral Society. 8 p.m., Friday May 2. St. Vincent De Paul Church. 8 p.m., Saturday, May 3. St. Eugene's Cathedral, $15 General, $12 Faculty/Alumni/Staff, $8 Seniors/Students, SSU students free.
SCENE IT MOVIE - The Golden Compass. 9 p.m., Saturday, May 3. The Cooperage.
FILMS
UGETSU - (1953) Kenji Mizoguchi's unforgettable tale of the supernatural, in Japanese with English subtitles. Sonoma Film Institute. 4 p.m., Sunday, April 27. Warren Auditorium. (707)664- 2606. Students admitted free with ID.
CARNIVAL OF SOULS - Herk Hervey's low-budget cult classic is a combination of Alfred Hitchcock, Roger Corman and The Twilight Zone. A pre-credit drag race ends in tragedy, but one woman stumbles away with no recollection of what happened. Enroute to Salt Lake City, where she taking a job as a church organist, she is haunted by a ghoulish man who stares at her through the windshield, and lures her to an abandoned lakeside pavilion. (1962, 85 min.) Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m., Thursday, May 1. Darwin 103. General admission is $5. $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. (707) 664-2606.
FOG CITY MAVERICKS - This film explores and applauds the extraordinary cinematic achievements of San Francisco Bay Area filmmakers, with notable attention to the way in which their lives and work mirror the spirit of invention and independence that makes the Bay Area such a unique cultural and artistic community. (2007, 119 min.) 7 p.m., Friday. May 2. Warren Auditorium. General admission is $5. $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. (707) 664-2606.
